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package org.apache.xmlrpc.common;

import org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcRequestConfig;

/**
 * Interface of a client configuration for a transport, which is implemented by
 * writing to a stream.
 */
public interface XmlRpcStreamRequestConfig extends XmlRpcStreamConfig,
		XmlRpcRequestConfig {
	/**
	 * Returns, whether the request stream is being compressed. Note, that the
	 * response stream may still be uncompressed.
	 * 
	 * @return Whether to use Gzip compression or not. Defaults to false.
	 * @see #isGzipRequesting()
	 */
	boolean isGzipCompressing();

	/**
	 * Returns, whether compression is requested for the response stream. Note,
	 * that the request is stull uncompressed, unless
	 * {@link #isGzipCompressing()} is activated. Also note, that the server may
	 * still decide to send uncompressed data.
	 * 
	 * @return Whether to use Gzip compression or not. Defaults to false.
	 * @see #isGzipCompressing()
	 */
	boolean isGzipRequesting();

	/**
	 * Returns, whether the response should contain a "faultCause" element in
	 * case of errors. The "faultCause" is an exception, which the server has
	 * trapped and written into a byte stream as a serializable object.
	 */
	boolean isEnabledForExceptions();
}
